AS YOU COME INJanuary 9, 2019

You have just been hired at a fortune

cookie factory. Write seven different

fortunes to fill the fortune cookies.

HW: Finish Web Quest from yesterday (pgs. 3 – 4 in your packet).

INTRODUCTION TO MODIFIERS

A modifier consists of words, phrases, or clauses that

provide description in sentences. A modifier describes

another word in a sentence.

Example: Amy’s favorite red purse, the one she always

carries, was stolen last week.

Amy’s favorite red – describes the purse

always – describes the verb “carries”

last - describes “week”

the one she always carries – descriptive phrase for “purse”

PLACEMENT

A modifier should be placed as close as possible to the

word or words it describes.

Example: My dog Fido, who loves pizza crusts, eats under

the kitchen table.

What is the modifier? And what is it describing?

MISPLACED MODIFIERS

Misplaced modifiers do not clearly associate with the word

or phrase they modify.

Example: He gave his sister the stuffed bear with a polka-

dot dress.

Modifier – “with a polka-dot dress”

What it modifies – “sister”

Problem – It sounds as if the bear has a polka-dot dress.

Corrected – He gave the stuffed bear to his sister with a

polka-dot dress.

EXAMPLE

The boy ate a pizza. Sentence

Modifiers:

1. Who has a mohawk

2. Loaded with cheese and pepperoni

The boy, loaded with cheese and pepperoni, ate a pizza.

The boy ate a pizza who has a mohawk.

The boy who has a mohawk ate a pizza loaded with

cheese and pepperoni.

DANGLING MODIFIERS

A modifier that starts a sentences must be

followed right away by the word that it

describes. Otherwise, the modifier is said

to be dangling, and the sentence takes

on an unexpected meaning.

DANGLING MODIFIERS

Dangling modifiers do not have a clear term to modify in a

sentence.

Example: Climbing the mountain, my backpack fell in the

mud.

Modifier – “climbing the mountain”

What it modifies – “I”

Problem – It sounds as if the backpack was climbing the

mountain.

Corrected – My backpack fell in the mud as I was

climbing the mountain.

DANGLING MODIFIER EXAMPLE

Soaring through the sky, Brenda watched the high

powered jet.

Corrected Version: Brenda watched the high powered jet

soaring through the sky.